On Dragons...

So there's that old saw by Chesterson: “Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.”

And I'm thinking, what then, is the value of modern fantasy? Well, maybe it's to say that dragons don't need to be killed. Maybe the dragons can be understood or befriended. Or that it's wrong to be killing dragons. Or maybe that the dragon isn't actually a dragon at all.